Chapter 164

As for Jiang Yunu's clear expression of "concern", Miss Nagu naturally said:

"...It's not your turn to care about me yet!" The eldest lady's voice increased by several decibels.

Jiang Yunu took a look at the other person's face turning red and her voice becoming stronger. She was too lazy to continue to argue with this young lady who seemed not to reason with ordinary people. However, when she walked past her, she gave herself the title of "little miracle doctor who can bring people back to life" in her heart.

Look, after she said two sentences, Linette Nagu's face was no longer pale and her voice became louder!

As for whether this young lady really wants to leave school and what she is going to do after leaving school, Jiang Yunu doesn't care about it. It has nothing to do with her anyway.

Jiang Yunu passed the trio and met someone who cared about her more at the fork in the campus road leading to the dormitory area and cafeteria.

Pei Ya has been waiting here for a while.

It would be more accurate to say that this teammate was waiting for news from Jiang Yunu the entire afternoon, and while Jiang Yunu was in Teacher Cuishita's office, he even tried to send two messages to ask about Jiang Yunu's situation.

When Jiang Yunu was leaving the office building, he replied to Pei Ya's message. Pei Ya said she would wait for her at the intersection, and they happened to be going to the cafeteria together.

"You're later than I thought," said Pei Ya.

She still wore the same thick glasses that had been put back on her face after the classroom confrontation.

Through the contact and understanding in recent days, Pei Ya has already had a general understanding of Jiang Yunu's operational efficiency.

There was a hint of doubt in her tone about why Jiang Yunu did not arrive as scheduled.

Jiang Yunu said, "I met Miss Nagu."

Pei Ya's calm expression became a little more nervous after hearing this.

"Did they give you a hard time?" Pei Ya asked.

The white-haired girl walked side by side with her, and the two of them began to walk towards the cafeteria together.

Jiang Yunu showed a strange expression when he asked Pei Ya's question out of concern.

"Are you making things difficult for them?" Pei Ya changed her words readily.

"puff."

Jiang Yunu couldn't help laughing.

"Am I such a devil in your heart?" Jiang Yunu said, "I ran into her by chance on the way here. The eldest lady seemed to be leaving school, so I asked her a few words of concern."

Pei Ya felt that she really didn't understand why she cared about a "rival" with whom she had just confronted not long ago.

But considering that the other party is Jiang Yunu, this kind of thing seems to be real.

"You're not a devil." Pei Ya returned to her calm tone and said seriously, "But sometimes you're more unpredictable than the devil."

Jiang Yunu's smile became even brighter: "Thank you for the compliment."

She always took such words as compliments.

Pei Ya treated us to dinner today, saying it was to thank her for being willing to take her into the same group and for protecting her during the classroom confrontation today.

"After you and Miss Nagu were taken away, everyone almost went crazy discussing it."

Pei Ya is like a low-key "PhS" who can always provide Jiang Yunu with first-hand information that she doesn't know.

The "classic scene" of a commoner student challenging a child from a prominent family always attracts attention.

Not to mention, this time, if you think about it carefully, it was the "child of a prestigious family" who took the initiative to challenge the "commoner genius" and even violated the rules in the practice match - and the violations did not result in victory.

"I'm still waiting for them to reveal their stance after 'taking sides' and express dissatisfaction or hostility towards me." Jiang Yunu remembered the discussion between the two before this class, and she felt a little confused that the development of events did not meet her expectations.

On the way to the cafeteria, they met many students who came to eat in the evening. Among them were classmates who had taken the same class today, and two people who had previously "broken their promise" and first invited and then refused to team up with Jiang Yunu.

Given the white-haired girl's ability to perceive other people's emotions, she felt that the warmth with which they greeted her was not fake.

"Why do I feel like they seem more friendly to me?" The white-haired girl was puzzled.

Pei Ya took a sip of the drink in front of her and felt that there wasn't enough ice. She added four more cubes and stirred them while saying, "Because you seem to be stronger than everyone originally expected. You are no longer just an ordinary civilian genius."

Given Jiang Yunu's family background, no one would think that she had the opportunity to see elemental weapons in the past. Even many local indigenous students in the upper three districts, at their current age, were not able to touch elemental weapons.

However, Jiang Yunu was not frightened by the unprecedented elemental weapons. She tried to confront Linette Nagu's water trident head-on, which was a bit aggressive. But judging from the results - she did not suffer any loss, and even suppressed Linette Nagu, didn't she?

Most people like to focus on results, and the winner is the winner.

"You seem to be more capable than everyone thinks. You didn't back down from something that would scare others, so you won," Pei Ya said. "Some people may still stick with you, and some may find your victory incredible, but some will also start paying more attention to you and want to build a relationship with you."

Jiang Yunu was so engrossed in showing off her food that Pei Ya not only figured out her basic efficiency in two or three days, but also observed her dietary preferences. She was very generous when treating Jiang Yunu to a meal, and served her a stewed meat meal full of high-quality protein.

Jiang Yunu quickly licked the sauce on the corner of her mouth and said seriously, "They are too slow. My threshold for making friends is very high."

Pei Ya's heart tightened slightly.

She was someone who had a hard time making friends, and she wasn't sure if she could still be considered friends with Jiang Yunu. After all, their team-mate relationship seemed to have automatically ended after the classroom confrontation exercise.

"How high is your threshold for making friends?" Miss Wasteful, who wanted to make friends, still spoke in a flat tone, as if asking casually.

Jiang Yunu seemed to know exactly what Pei Ya was struggling with, and he glanced at his companion who was trying to hide his hesitation with a sneaky look.

"It's very high," she said seriously. "It's mainly based on 'first come, first served'."

Pei Ya: “…”

First come, first served! It's like making friends is like grabbing discounted items at a supermarket sale!

But Pei Ya was really moved.

She asked calmly, reservedly, and hesitantly, "So, am I here first?"

Jiang Yunu said without hesitation: "It must count! You are the first classmate in this school who wants to be friends with me."

For Jiang Yunu, all "firsts" are important.

Before, Pei Ya could only be considered her teammate, but after the group competition, she had become her first friend in Golden Uriel Academy.

Jiang Yunu also told the other party that Miss Nagu was still not convinced and wanted to compete with her again.

Pei Ya, the "Little Smart," thought for a moment and analyzed for Jiang Yunu, "She might want to join you in the upcoming 'Challenge Cup' competition and compete with you again."

Jiang Yunu asked, "What is this?"

After asking the question, but before Pei Ya could answer, she suddenly remembered that there seemed to be such an item in the entire version of the information on various competitions and activities for the academic year distributed by the school.

However, the three words "Challenge Cup" sounded rather plain and simple at first glance, so she hadn't taken a closer look at them.

Pei Ya's manual explanation was more convenient than Jiang Yunu's own research. She sat across the table and explained, "The Challenge Cup is a competition open to all senior school students. If you've heard of the Senior School League, then the Challenge Cup can be considered a preview of the league."

Jiang Yunu had indeed heard of the high school league.

But why did she vaguely remember that she seemed to have a bad impression of the events related to it?

Jiang Yunu rarely has a bad impression of anything. Even the difficult years of survival in the early days, when he recalls them now, he feels a special taste.

"The Challenge Cup will first be held on campus at each of the upper three district schools. Any current student can sign up to participate," Pei Ya continued. "Players who achieve high rankings in the Challenge Cup will advance from the school-level competition to the district-level competition. If they also achieve excellent rankings in the district-level competition, then, as ranked players in the district-level Challenge Cup, they'll earn a spot in the league for their senior school."

There is a clear hierarchical relationship between the "Challenge Cup" competition and the senior league, and you need to first exchange the "Challenge Cup" for a league ticket.

After listening to this, Jiang Yunu said, "Whether a high-level school can participate in the college league is directly linked to whether the school has students who can advance to the Challenge Cup?"

She grasped the key point immediately.

Pei Ya nodded across the table: "Yes."

The "district level" here does not refer to the small districts arranged in small numbers, but the large districts arranged in large numbers.

Students' academic performance is directly related to the school's eligibility to participate in the league, which may seem a bit harsh at first glance.

But from another perspective, teachers and students in the upper three districts generally believe that if a high-level school in the upper three districts does not even have a student who can get a regional ranking, then this school sounds like it is not worthy of participating in the league and competing with other schools.

"How many places do I have to get in the region to get an admission ticket to the school?" Jiang Yunu asked.

"The top ten," Pei Ya replied. "This number is to accommodate schools that have several outstanding players. It allows students from the same school to compete internally while still freeing up some spots for other schools."

Jiang Yunu found it hard to imagine which high-level school was so generous as to sweep the rankings in a regional-level competition.

But Pei Ya immediately said that this concern was not unfounded.

"Duma College in the first district will do." Pei Ya said.

Jiang Yunu's memories were suddenly activated.

"I remember now." She tapped her forehead lightly. "Duma College, wasn't there an incident of a player intentionally injuring someone in the senior league last school year?"

I remembered it now, the source of the negative impression has been remembered!